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SeaKing · 03-06-2012, 12:04 AM

"Reading a book on a tablet like the Kindle Fire is like trying to cook when there are little children around,” David Myers said.

By JULIE BOSMAN and MATT RICHTEL
Published: March 4, 2012, New York Times

"Can you concentrate on Flaubert when Facebook is only a swipe away, or give your true devotion to Mr. Darcy while Twitter beckons?

People who read e-books on tablets like the iPad are realizing that while a book in print or on a black-and-white Kindle is straightforward and immersive, a tablet offers a menu of distractions that can fragment the reading experience, or stop it in its tracks.

E-mail lurks tantalizingly within reach. Looking up a tricky word or unknown fact in the book is easily accomplished through a quick Google search. And if a book starts to drag, giving up on it to stream a movie over Netflix or scroll through your Twitter feed is only a few taps away.

That adds up to a reading experience that is more like a 21st-century cacophony than a traditional solitary activity..."

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/05/bu...tractions.html

Are our devices becoming so capable and flexible that they interfere with our reading. Are the new eReaders ruining our reading experience, our reading habits?
Should we rid ourselves of our iPads, our Fires, our Samsung Tablets and load up our Kindles, Nooks, Sonys, and Kobos again?

Should we?

03-06-2012, 12:04 AM	#1
SeaKing Frequent Flier Posts: 1,282 Karma: 2058993297 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: KB kindle aboard, Galx Tab 7.0 Plus, trying out Droid 1 as mini-tab	Finding Your Book Interrupted ... By the Tablet You Read It On "Reading a book on a tablet like the Kindle Fire is like trying to cook when there are little children around,” David Myers said. By JULIE BOSMAN and MATT RICHTEL Published: March 4, 2012, New York Times "Can you concentrate on Flaubert when Facebook is only a swipe away, or give your true devotion to Mr. Darcy while Twitter beckons? People who read e-books on tablets like the iPad are realizing that while a book in print or on a black-and-white Kindle is straightforward and immersive, a tablet offers a menu of distractions that can fragment the reading experience, or stop it in its tracks. E-mail lurks tantalizingly within reach. Looking up a tricky word or unknown fact in the book is easily accomplished through a quick Google search. And if a book starts to drag, giving up on it to stream a movie over Netflix or scroll through your Twitter feed is only a few taps away. That adds up to a reading experience that is more like a 21st-century cacophony than a traditional solitary activity..." http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/05/bu...tractions.html Are our devices becoming so capable and flexible that they interfere with our reading. Are the new eReaders ruining our reading experience, our reading habits? Should we rid ourselves of our iPads, our Fires, our Samsung Tablets and load up our Kindles, Nooks, Sonys, and Kobos again? Should we?